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Faculty in the Media
Our faculty are frequently featured in national and international media for their insightful commentary.
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Dallas Morning News
How Texas actually sticks it to taxpayers
An article references Professor Heather Way and work being done by Texas Law’s Housing Policy Clinic in partnership with Builders of Hope to publish a statewide property tax policy guide for the state legislative session. -
The Daily Texan
UT Energy Institute to lead project to mitigate, monitor emissions in Permian Basin
Professor Melinda Taylor comments on the UT Energy Institute’s new initiative to detect and fix methane leaks in pipelines and wells in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. -
DW News
Guantanamo and the “criminalization” of migrants
Professor Ariel Dulitzky comments on President Trump’s intention to open a detention center at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo. -
The Christian Science Monitor
Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship could upend 150 years of law
Professor Denise Gilman comments that, historically, birthright citizenship in the United States is enshrined not just in the Constitution, but in the foundation for all American law: English common law. -
KVUE
Federal employees weigh options after President Trump’s buyout offer
Adjunct Professor Scott Schneider discusses President Trump’s “unprecedented” buyouts, sharing skepticism about whether the president even hasthe authority to conduct a buyout of this scale and whether it is truly voluntary considering the uncertainty of employees’ futures. -
Austin American-Statesman
Austin churches, schools react to Trump administration cutting immigration raid protections
Professor Elissa Steglich weighs in on a new Homeland Security directive allowing immigration raids to happen in churches, explaining that schools and places of worship have been excluded from raids since at least 1993.